Tewenty-one journalists re-detained before court’s release decision implemented
Twenty-one journalists, who were released by an İstanbul court on Friday, have been re-detained in front of infamous Silivri Prison by the police before...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 272 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 272 people on terrorism charges due to their alleged links to the faith-based...
Hürriyet daily spoke with pastor Brunson but failed to publish the interview
The Washington representative of Turkey’s Hürriyet daily interviewed US pastor Andrew Brunson, who was kept in pre-trial detention in Turkey on terrorism charges for...
Officers terrify 2 Kurdish boys with police dogs during raid on their Diyarbakır home
Police officers used their dogs to terrify two Kurdish boys during a raid on their home in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the Mesopotamia...
Pro-gov’t Turkish contractors cover Yassıada island in concrete
Turkish citizens have expressed outrage after photographs emerged of an island near İstanbul in the Marmara Sea that has been almost entirely covered in...
Turkey’s Kanal İstanbul to wreak irreversible ecological destruction, watchdog says
Turkey’s Chamber of Civil Engineers (ÇMO) has released a report on “Kanal İstanbul” – a canal similar to the Bosporus that will be dug...
Turkish prosecutor orders detention of 292 military officers and cadets over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 292 active duty and former military officers and cadets due to their alleged links to the Gülen...
Turkish gov’t detains some 170 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police detained some 170 people during operations across Turkey on Friday as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Germany to deport thousands of Turks with rejected asylum applications
Amid an increasing number of Turkish citizens seeking refuge in Europe, particularly in Germany, the German and Turkish governments have reached an agreement on...
9 civilians arrested, 15 military members detained over Gülen links
Nine civilians have been arrested while 15 military members were detained in separate police operations targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement, accused by...
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